In Greek mythology, Oreithyia was the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. She was abducted by Boreas and bore him Chione and Calais and Zetes, both known as the Boreads. Oreithyia had two sisters, Creusa and Procris. Greek mythology consists of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ... Erechtheus in Greek Mythology was the name of a king of Athens, and a secondary name for two other characters In Homers Iliad the name is applied to the earth-born son of Hephaestus later mostly called Erichthonius by later writers. ... For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). ... There was one person and one god known as Boreas in Greek mythology. ... In Greek mythology, Chione was the daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia. ... Location within France The Burghers of Calais, by Rodin, with Calais Hotel de Ville behind J.M.W. Turner: Calais Pier Calais (Dutch: Kales) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is... The Boreads, in Greek mythology, were Calais and Zetes. ... The Boreads, in Greek mythology, were Calais and Zetes. ... In Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa. ... The Death of Procris, by Piero di Cosimo (c. ...

Oreithyia was later made into the goddess of cold mountain winds. Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases... Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (USA) has the largest visible base-to-summit elevation difference on Earth. ... For the 1928 film, see The Wind. ...

Alternative spellings: Orithyia, Orithyea, Oreithyea.